Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The bad news is that there’s DEET in Chicago’s drinking water. The good news is that you can just splash on some lake water this summer and be mosquito free. I get a lot of lectures about drinking bottled water from various people from the “you’re wasting your money” to “the bottles are the biggest source of new pollution.” I don’t care. I’m drinking bottled water. I prefer spring water, but I am also completely happy with Dasani or any of the “fake” bottled waters. They’re not really fake, they’re just filtered water as opposed to spring water. Either way, there’s no DEET in it. I’m pretty sure that the water is tested regularly by the bottlers for chemicals too, unlike the lake water.

Boy, you Cubs fans have really done it now. On Sunday, Jay Mariotti said that you were now officially worse than White Sox fans. Actually, it’s a pretty funny article, and it just goes to show you that if Jay actually has something to write about, he’s got potential. He even let the Ligues off of the hook as the worst fans ever. Now it’s the people who threw back the baseballs and angered Marty Brenneman. I don’t know Marty, but he might want to remember that he’s still got to walk up to the Wrigley broadcast booth the next time he is in town, and right in front of the assembled masses. He might get something worse than 18 balls in his face.

I learned (on my own show) Monday that Brian Urlacher is engaged. I thought that was a big mistake until I checked out the photo of the girl he’s engaged to. I guess I can see why he wanted to go ahead and lock that in. Apparently Brian is resting and recuperating out in Phoenix and he’s glad to be away from all of the pesky people here. I can see his point to a certain extent. He is immensely popular and I would imagine being him must sometimes be a drag. On the other hand, being Brian Urlacher landed him Jenner Evans, so stop your complaining, cut a deal with the NFL to give you a dollar for every Urlacher jersey sold, and don’t forget to wear a rubber until you’re absolutely positive about your new lady.